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Kemper Corporation has named Tracy S. Berwick as vice president, Kemper Benefits. In this role, Berwick will lead the development of Kemper’s voluntary strategy and benefit offerings.

Commentary: Because of the difficulty associated with collecting data, the Congressional Budget Office is expecting filing errors to be the ACA’s single largest revenue generator over the next decade.

There are two types of skills benefit managers should have to help a business succeed – hard and soft skills. Hard skills are usually at the top of the list managers wish to develop because they’re usually more defined, specific and can be measured. But soft skills, often considered “fluff,” are just as important to business success, says blogger and author Sharlyn Lauby, who compiled the following list of soft skills managers should help employees hone.

Companies such as Eli Lilly, Lucix and General Electric are rebranding their performance management systems and ditching more customary annual or semi-annual reviews in favor of more frequent informal supervisor/employee meetings.

Commentary: New 401(k)s use advanced technology to create a more engaging, user-friendly, smartphone-based platform for restaurant staff, and other hard-to-reach employee groups.

Commentary: There are many new market entrants promising to reshape the health insurance industry, but which are most likely to succeed?

Commentary: Think beyond commissions, says adviser Beverly Beattie. What if you proposed a different arrangement, one based on achieving certain defined metrics for success?

As employers continue to shift from pay raises toward creative benefit rewards to compensate employees, industry experts say it’s increasingly imperative advisers work with clients to take a holistic approach to benefit package design.

Many employees will soon be receiving new forms that are critical to their ability to file their tax returns and to their employers’ ability to accurately fulfill their own Affordable Care Act reporting requirements.

Nora M. Everett, president of Principal’s retirement and investor services unit, discusses the firm’s retirement transition program and new pension builder product that will allow 401(k) plan participants to buy a deferred income annuity while they’re still actively participating in the plan.